*Quality creators*

Throwing a forgettable concert with a NOSTR interface doesn’t immediately deserve zaps. Neither does a pretty girl with tattoos posing scandalously.

We need original and impactful *art*, *music*, *philosophy*, *science* shared on NOSTR … AND that sharing needs to be uniquely, more conveniently, etc. consumed digitally.

For example, a concert is meant to be consumed in person. The value of the concert is the human element of a shared, live experience. Once the novelty of zapping and V4V wears off and/or more artists start streaming via NOSTR creators should expect the value to trend towards its marginal operating cost to push a live event out digitally, which will trend towards zero.

It’s the great reckoning our generation faces…all this digital content is essentially worthless. Even if it is “invaluable” … the equivalent of Jeff Booth’s oxygen analogy.

There will always be someone willing to post/stream content essentially for free. Unless there is something TRULY unique about that content, the value trends to zero. That’s why corporate social media has to sell the metadata…the actual digital content we generate is worthless.

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Monetizing content is always tricky, especially for digital content. Painting is a horrible way of creating digital content, but more easily commercialized.

I think about any trade that creates value.

Let’s say I’m a hairstylist. I do videos on color techniques, q+a, product reviews and etc.

It doesn’t have to be just the painting. It’s everything around the painting. All the details can be monetized in a way. Although not as easy like you say.

I’m guessing you know a thing or two about this so I’ll just stop there. Lol

That’s where the other “V” in V4V comes into play.

Right, and think of scale this way….

Let’s say a like is one penny.

1 million likes is $10k.

The proof of concept is building out. The tools are calibrating to make this happen.

It doesn’t have to be 5.4 million sats from 25 people. Everyone can enjoy an event for pocket change.

Agreed. Right now it seems like V4V advocates are giving out participation trophies to creators while shaming people with the zapotential…

(I zap from my doxxed personal account).

Yea, lots of “proof of concept” examples right now 😂 Ultimately it is up to artists trying to monetize to find ways to connect with a genuine audience in order to monetize. Those who are serious and treat themselves like an actual business have the best chance of finding success with it long term.